for Khiara

(Completed) poetry and prose for a girl i probably should stop writing for (Copyright © 2016 by vanillaVDE)

Conflation (Beginner's Luck Award)

❝ the worst way for friendships to end is for literally nothing to go wrong. you just stop talking.❞

Some Wounds Never Heal

**Watty Honorable Mention/Undiscovered Gem** He lies awake in bed, thoughts of her still overpowering his brain. He wants her back lying next to him. He needs to feel her touch just one last time and maybe then he could move on. But that's not possible because wounds like these never heal; they only deepen and get wor...

Tuesday & Max

Tuesday lives with her aunt after the death of her mother in a car accident following remission from cancer. Angry at the world, she rebels against her guardian, her education and her nervous peers, and it isn't until she meets Max (with his own burdens to bear) that she begins to learn how to navigate the tumultuous...